Ten successes your support made possible in 2013!

Last updated: January 9, 2014  11:30 AM

Happy New Year! We want to thank you for your support over the past year. Together we made significant strides towards making sure that everyone has safe, decent and accessible housing that is affordable. Together we can build on the successes of 2013 to make 2014 an even better year. Our number one success in 2013 was the day in and day out work MTO did to help more than 10,000 renters. Our hotline answered over 9,300 calls! As a result, tenants were able to get heat restored, leaks fixed, evictions stopped, security deposits returned and more.

One example of the effectiveness of our work is demonstrated when two tenants separately called the hotline one afternoon after receiving notices telling them to be out the next day. Staff went immediately into action, meeting with the tenants, contacting an attorney and sending out a press release. While the police were trying to evict the 15 households in front of television cameras, two renters and an attorney were in court successfully suing to stop the vacate orders. All 15 families received an additional 2 weeks to move plus $1200 per family moving expenses. This is what MTO is about!

Our 2013 successes include:

Our Tenants Rights Hotline answered over 9,300 calls.

Passage of the Source of Income amendment to the Cook County Human Rights Ordinance, which makes it illegal to discriminate against Section 8 voucher holders;